diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 729ed6df..b1d33805 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 baseURL = "localhost:8080"
+canonifyurls  = true
+
 languageCode = "en-us"
+metaDataFormat = "yaml"
 DateForm = "12-30-2006"
  title = "QUEST: a database of highly-accurate excitation energies"
 DefaultContentLanguage = "en"
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1266b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{{ define "main" }}
+  <div role="main" class="container">
+    <div class="row">
+      <div class="col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1">
+        {{ with .Content }}
+          <div class="well" align="justify">
+            {{.}}
+          </div>
+        {{ end }}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+{{ end }}